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James Hardie

Makes fiber cement house siding and TimberTech decks.

Company Health

40
/100
Weak
A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2023–2026). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.
Does it make money?
7 of 25 · Poor
$2 of every $100 in sales was left as profit last year.
Is it growing?
18 of 25 · Good
Sales grew about 9% a year over the last 3 years.
Can it handle what it owes?
3 of 25 · Poor
It would take about 12 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.
Does it bring in spare cash?
12 of 25 · Okay
After paying for buildings and equipment, $4 of every $100 in sales was left as spare cash.

Who owns it

1 of 23 own it · 1 sold some
bought lately
owns it
doesn’t own it
Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Melqart, Coatue, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Duquesne, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From James Hardie’s yearly reports. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from $2.91 billion in the year to Mar 2021 to $4.84 billion in the year to Mar 2026, and it made a profit every year.
FY2026
Sales
$4.84 billion
Profit
$104 million

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare every year, ending with $206 million to spare in the year to Mar 2026.
FY2026
Spare cash
$206 million
Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of Mar 2026 it owned $13.7 billion, including $269 million in cash, and owed $7.26 billion.

Key facts

From its yearly report for the year to Mar 2026.
Sales
$4.84 billion
Profit
$104 million
Spare cash
$206 million
Cash in the bank
$269 million
Everything it owes
$7.26 billion
Year ends
March
Money shown in
U.S. dollars
Latest yearly report
10-K, filed May 19, 2026
Figures from James Hardie’s yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works
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